Improvement in lawn-mowers



STATES IMPROVEMENT IN LAWN-MOWERS.

Specification form/ng part of Letters .Patent No. 83,101, dated October .13, 1868,' patented lin England J anum'y no,

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JoHN SHAW, of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings und State ofl New York, (formerly of Leeds, Englrnnh) have invented n new and useful Improvement lin LnWn-lVIoWingg,` Machines, (for which I gained n potent in England, dated J anuary 23, 1864; nnd l do hereby declare tbn-t the followingis n full, clear, und exact description ofthe construction and operation of' the same, reference boing hud to the annexed drawings, making' n. pziit oltbis speciticzttion, in W|1icl| Figure l is n plsu view, und Fig. 2 is a, side elevation.

This invention relates to nn improved mode of constructing' the sides of the fra-ming of lznvn-mowing` mnchines, whereby the handle ends ure s .l'1"n.dn.pting to :my height suitable to the person opera-ting' the sanne; and also the ends which enrry the cutters are selfadapting` to the conl'ornmtion oi' the ground, requiring nojndgmcnt on the pnt-tof the operator as to when he should mise or lower the cutters to suit uneven'ness of surface My improvement consists in folding up the cutting' end ofHarn-mowing` mncliines towards the hundlccnd, so that the machines muy be used for rolling' only without danger ofinjnry to the cutters.

Huving described the nature of my invention, I will proceed to describe its construetion mld operation.

a is the spindle or axle of the prima-ry drivingdrum or wheel l). From c to d forms the cutting` end, and from e toj' forms the bundle end ot' one side of thc framing, und both of these pieces hinge loosely and independent of each other at a. Thus the handle end is i'rec to describe mi arc of' n circle, es from g to 1:-, (more or less,) without a'ecting the height ot' thc cutting,r end, and the cutting end is also l'ree to describe the nire j lc (more or less) Without being controlled vertically by the handle end. By folding the'eutting end still further than k, und putting u piu or bolt through the two side parts, ns shown at l, the machine muy be used es n roller only.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as my invention, und desire t-o secure by Letters Patent, is-

Folding` the cutting end of' lswn-moving machines up toward the bundle end, for the purpose of' being;r used for rolling` only.

The above speciiicntion ol my invention signed by ine this 29th day of Mey, 1868.

JonN SHAW.

Witesses:

HENRY Wrr'r, T. GILLAM. 

